Mastic man in Liphook

Resealing and mastic work across Liphook

Liphook is a large village in East Hampshire, part of the civil parish of Bramshott and Liphook, with a station on the Portsmouth Direct line. At its heart is The Square, with its half-timbered houses and the Royal Anchor, and around it are the housing estates that have grown up since the 1960s. Mr Mastic covers Liphook and the surrounding villages from our base in Crawley.

A typical Liphook job might be a shower tray where the sealant has blackened and lifted, a bath with a gap underneath, or a run of cracked mastic around windows and patio doors. We remove the old sealant in full, deal with any mould, and lay a fresh bead that suits the surface. Our shower resealing page explains how we tackle trays, screens and enclosures.

Old coaching village, Victorian houses and later estates

The oldest part of Liphook is around The Square, where half-timbered houses replaced earlier stalls for travellers, and the Old Toll House by Radford Bridge dates from the 18th century. East Hampshire District Council has a conservation area for Liphook, so changes to the outside of some buildings, including windows, may need checking first. Old timber-framed and brick buildings move with the seasons, and the joints around their frames need a flexible sealant, sometimes one that can be painted.

The Victorian era brought larger houses, including Chiltlee Place, built in 1880, and the Victorian extension at Foley Manor. Much of the village we know today came later. In the 1960s land was sold to the Berg firm of builders for a housing estate, and the former Chiltlee land, requisitioned by the army in 1939, was later sold and now holds Sainsbury’s, the Millennium Centre and several housing developments. Newer roads include Lark Rise and Candleford Gate.

Homes from the 1960s onwards are on their second or third bathroom by now, and the problems are familiar: hardened sealant, gaps under baths, and uPVC window mastic that has cracked after years of sun.

What we do in Liphook

• Bathroom & kitchen resealing: Baths, showers, basins, wet rooms, worktops and sinks: old sealant cut out, mould treated and a new bead of anti-fungal silicone laid.
• Window & door mastic: Frame perimeters inside and out resealed with flexible, colour-matched sealant, with backing rod where the gap is deep.
• Commercial & hotel sealant: Hotels, offices, washrooms and welfare areas resealed room by room, with out-of-hours working possible to arrange.
• Remedial sealant & repairs: Leaks and lifting beads from earlier sealant jobs put right, starting with finding out why they failed.
• Fire-rated sealant: Fire-rated and intumescent sealant around gaps, frames and service penetrations, to the product’s tested details.
• External & façade joints: Brickwork movement joints, render and cladding joints resealed with backing rod and flexible exterior sealant.
• New-build mastic & snagging: New-build bathrooms, kitchens and frames resealed where the original sealant has cracked as the house settles.
• Floor & skirting joints: Movement joints in tiled and concrete floors, and skirting gaps, sealed so they stay tidy and keep dirt out.
• Regrouting: Cracked, stained or crumbling grout raked out and replaced, with corners resealed in silicone.
• Glazing & conservatory sealant: Conservatory, rooflight, glass panel and shower screen joints resealed with glazing silicone.
• Gutter, fascia & soffit sealing: Dripping gutter joints and end caps, and gaps at fascias and soffits, sealed with weatherproof exterior sealant.
• Sand mastic for sash & case windows: Old sand mastic around sash windows and doors raked out and renewed with traditional burnt sand mastic.

Why Mr Mastic in Liphook

If you are choosing someone for the first time, our guide to choosing a mastic man lists the questions worth asking. Here are our answers: over 20 years’ experience, full insurance, ARBOMaster approved applicators, and Arbo and Everbuild sealants. We have 2,847+ projects behind us and a 4.9-star Google rating from more than 180 five-star reviews. You get a clear quote at the start and a one-year guarantee at the end.

Around Liphook

The nearest station to the town centre is Liphook station. Typical jobs near the centre are in homes and businesses around Liphook Infant School, Bohunt School, St Mary's Church Centre and The Green Dragon Public House. Nearby green spaces include Lynchmere Commons and Wheeler's Down.